Zoo News Digest 20th August 1998 (ZooNews 13)

Dear Colleagues,

Hope you find something of interest.

Bridgeport mayor revives P.T. Barnum stunt by testing bridge with
elephants
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/wirehtml/223/Bridgeport_mayor_revives_P_T__Barnu.shtml

Threatened wallabies thrive on island From AAP
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/state/4358694.htm

Fort Myers doctor killed by elephant in Zambia
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/florida/d272196a.htm

Alarming rise in Slaughter of Dolphins - Dr. Sriyani Miththapala
http://www.lanka.net/lakehouse/1998/08/22/new02.html

African elephants move trunks to new zoo home
http://www.dispatch.com/pan/news/elenewnws.html

Flood Report Aid plea by dolphin park
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/China-
Template.idc?artid=19980821034833036&top=china&template=Default.htx&maxfie
ldsize=1020

Father of first gorilla born in captivity dies of heart attack
http://www.naplesnews.com/today/florida/d356900a.htm

Zoo plans offer animals new creature comforts
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news1/zoo20i.html

Two rare herons, blind three years, get eye surgery
http://www.tampabayonline.net/news/flor100d.htm

Rescuing the rhino
http://www.dallasnews.com/metro-dfw-nf/dfw73.htm

Rhinos recovering, wildlife group says
http://www.startext.net/news/doc/1047/1:METRO47/1:METRO47081998.html

Elephant conceives by artificial insemination
http://www.enn.com:80/news/enn-stories/1998/08/082098/ele19.asp



Rhinos recovering, wildlife group says
http://www.star-telegram.com:80/news/doc/1047/1:METRO47/1:METRO47081998.ht
ml

Emus and Wallabies and Pigs, Oh My! Zoobreakers Head to Swiss Woodlands
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/081998/zoobreak.sml

Nick's Big Help to drop in at zoo
http://www.thestate.com/daily/local/bighelp19.htm

Pill may save rhinos, tigers
http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/98/Aug/19/local/PILL19.htm

Hundreds hope for peek at renegade crocodile relative
http://insidedenver.com/news/0819gatr2.html

Zoo Chimps, Lions taking leave.
http://www.greensboro.com/nronline/news/chimps19.htm

Monkeys, kangaroos are on the loose
http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/etcetera/wires/0818/e_rt_081
8_12.sml

An imported delicacy? Tiger eats Kangaroo.
http://www.desnews.com:80/wir/xh0i8tx9.htm

Scientists hope to re-create extinct zebras
http://www.desnews.com:80/tdy/xg0xc94c.htm

Rare Siberian Tigers Evacuated as Flood Waters Rise
http://www.insidechina.com:80/china/news/98081707.html

'Captain Kangaroo' falls for keeper
http://www.sptimes.com:80/Hernando/81798/_Captain_Kangaroo__fa.html

The item below was forwarded to me by the Seal Conservation Society. I
include it as I expect the story to breaking as a news item in the
mainstream press before too long. I well remember all the problems we had
with this virus last time.

Subject: SAR-ALERT : SEAL MORTALITY
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1998 19:55:22 -0000

Colleagues,
This is a flash concerning high seal-mortality in Belgium.
Over the past 2 weeks 11 seals washed-up on the Belgian coast, most were
dead.
This is a highly unusual phenomenum as 7 is the normal average for a full
year, most arrivals occuring in spring. Yesterday another 5 washed-up, 4
dead. Scientists fear the same morbil-virus that a decade or so created
havoc among seals as a result of which large quantities perished. Are any
other unusual signs re: seal-mortality noticed in other Northsea
bordering countries?
Let's keep each other informed on this.
Ward-------------------------

Oils soothe - and stimulate - the savage beast
http://www2.thestar.com:80/thestar/back_issues/ED19980815/news/980815NEW08
b_NA- BEARS15.html

Ocean Park pandas anger campaigners
http://www.scmp.com/news/template/HK-
Template.idc?artid=19980818015124032&top=hk&template=Default.htx&maxfields
ize=1729

Savor exhibit at zoo before it flies away
http://www.seattletimes.com/news/local/html98/godd_081798.html

Priming for primates
http://www.phillynews.com/daily_news/98/Aug/17/local/ZOOO17.htm

Chimp bites four people in West Covina
http://www.msnbc.com/local/KNBC/133979.asp

Keep the Zoo in Delaware Park! (Not strictly news)
http://keepthezoo.edgeglobal.com/

About Shape (Thought I would include this as a reminder to those with a
special interest in behavioural enrichment). Well worth subscribing to the
paper edition. I do. Providing Enrichment at No Cost
http://www.enrichment.org/sample.html

Johannesburg Zoo serves worms, locusts, termites (Old news. Worth a look
if you did not read it the first time round. Can`t see it working in the
UK) http://www.cnn.com\/WORLD/9703/10/fringe/safrica.bugs/

Don`t forget ZooChat, it has its moments!
http://ns.awebpresence.com/cgi-lasmith/ZooChat1.cgi

Happy keepering,

Peter
Peter@If you know of anyone else who may be interested in ZooNews please let me
know and I will include them in the mailing. Again my thanks to those who
have pointed me to news items.